Greenwich
Greenwich is covered by postcode districts BR7, DA15, SE2, SE3, SE7, SE8 and 6 more. It is mostly in the Greenwich council area: 5,186 of its 5,223 postcodes. The others are in Lewisham.
Every postcode in Greenwich, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 85
- At medium risk at worst: 63
- At low risk at worst: 49
- At very low risk only: 850
- Not on the at-risk list: 4,176
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 5,223 postcodes in Greenwich that ONS places, 85 have a home or business at high risk, 63 are at medium risk at worst, 49 are at low risk at worst, 850 are at very low risk only and 4,176 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4763, longitude 0.0502. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
85 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 33 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE10 8DH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 26 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE2 0RH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 16 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE10 9QE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 12 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE3 9DJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE2 0PE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE9 5LT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Greenwich?
Homes sold for a typical £450,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2% on the 12 months before. At 3,755 of the 4,977 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2,875 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,047 of its 5,223 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Woolwich Dockyard, 1.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Greenwich?
Homes in Greenwich sold for a typical £450,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,920 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £460,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £450,950
▼ down 2% on the 12 months before
Across the whole SE18 district, Greenwich's main postcode district: a typical £420,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Greenwich: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Greenwich?
352 of the 5,223 postcodes now in use in Greenwich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 150 of the 2,824 homes sold in Greenwich were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SE18 district, 3%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Greenwich | Across the SE18 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 17 of 1,920 (Under 1%) | 2 of 439 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 150 of 2,824 (5%) | 19 of 622 (3%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Greenwich?
Ofcom reports on 4,977 of the 5,223 postcodes in Greenwich. At 3,755 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Greenwich at risk of flooding?
1,047 of the 5,223 postcodes in Greenwich have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2,875 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Greenwich?
The open schools at the postcodes in Greenwich (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Kidbrooke Park Primary School850 m 424 pupils, 472 places
- Charlton Manor Primary School950 m 410 pupils, 484 places
- Eglinton Primary School1.0 km 360 pupils, 480 places
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Shooters Hill1.0 km 207 pupils, 210 places
- Cherry Orchard Primary School1.1 km 174 pupils, 210 places
- Notre Dame Catholic Primary School1.2 km 184 pupils, 210 places
- Rowan Wood School1.4 km 30 pupils, 240 places
- Thorntree Primary School1.4 km 190 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Greenwich?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Greenwich is Woolwich Dockyard Rail Station, 1.7 km away in a straight line.
- Woolwich Dockyard Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
- Charlton Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
- Woolwich Arsenal Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
- Woolwich Arsenal DLR Station Underground, metro or tram 2.0 kmCycle
- King George V DLR Station Underground, metro or tram 3.0 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Greenwich?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Greenwich, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Fairfield Pms1.2 km
- All Saints Medical Centre Pms1.2 km
- St Marks Pms1.6 km
- Triveni Pms1.7 km
- Manor Brook Pms1.9 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Greenwich safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,269 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Greenwich over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 443 September 2025
- 445 October 2025
- 412 November 2025
- 469 December 2025
- 453 January 2026
- 388 February 2026
- 432 March 2026
- 425 April 2026
- 396 May 2026
- 478 June 2026
- 478 July 2026
- 450 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: shoplifting 129, robbery 103, theft from the person 79, other crime 68, possession of weapons 36, bicycle theft 11.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Greenwich?
- Councils
- Greenwich (5,186) and Lewisham (37)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Greenwich and Woolwich (2,288), Eltham and Chislehurst (1,549), Erith and Thamesmead (1,349) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Metropolitan Police
- Region
- London
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Greenwich
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Greenwich
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Greenwich postcodes
5,223 postcodes in use in Greenwich, by district:
Those districts are in the SE postcode area, DA postcode area and BR postcode area.
Check a Greenwich postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Greenwich
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Greenwich's £450,950. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Greenwich
- What is it like to live in Greenwich?
- Homes sold for a typical £450,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2% on the 12 months before. At 3,755 of the 4,977 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2,875 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,047 of its 5,223 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Woolwich Dockyard, 1.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Greenwich?
- Greenwich is covered by postcode districts BR7, DA15, SE2, SE3, SE7, SE8 and 6 more, across 5,223 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Greenwich?
- Homes in Greenwich sold for a typical £450,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,920 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Greenwich?
- In Greenwich, primary schools at its postcodes include Kidbrooke Park Primary School, Charlton Manor Primary School and Eglinton Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Ark Greenwich Free School, Charlton Park Academy and Leigh Academy Halley. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Greenwich have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Greenwich is Woolwich Dockyard, 1.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Greenwich?
- Ofcom reports on 4,977 of the 5,223 postcodes in Greenwich. At 3,755 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Greenwich at risk of flooding?
- 1,047 of the 5,223 postcodes in Greenwich have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2,875 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Greenwich?
- 352 of the 5,223 postcodes now in use in Greenwich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 150 of the 2,824 homes sold in Greenwich were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SE18 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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